No, Social Changes Aren't The Reason Today's Rom-Coms Are Bad"Is it really more difficult now to imagine a protective father with an honor student daughter being leery of an intellectually and economically downmarket suitor? ... [And] there's another bit of evidence that undermines the thesis that society has rendered rom coms obsolete: rom coms themselves. Not Hollywood rom coms, but rom coms in other media."
The Atlantic 02/28/13